Musical activities for developing phonological skills
In this video, Anne Margaret Smith describes how musical activities can be used to teach language. One approach is to isolate and focus on specific aspects of phonology, such as …
Course: Dyslexia and Foreign Language Teaching
Helping children with reading comprehension difficulties
In this video Professor Kate Cain from Lancaster University discusses how teachers can help students develop successful reading strategies and how to teach reading comprehension. As you watch, think about …
Developing dyslexic students’ reading skills
In this video prepared in the framework of the Dystefl project Dr Anne Margaret Smith discusses how to develop dyslexic learners’ reading skills. Please share any comments or questions you …
Multisensory tasks for teaching spelling
In this video two teachers, Gabriella Dóczi Vámos and Orsolya Szatzker, share with you how they help dyslexic language learners to remember and spell similar sounding words and how they …
Developing phonological and orthographic awareness
In this video Professor Joanna Nijakowska discusses how to develop the phonological and orthographic awareness of students with dyslexia. As you watch, try to find the answer to the following …
Raising phonological awareness
Download the presentation below about sound-letter relationship (orthographic awareness) training. Try to infer the rules regarding the spelling of the /tʃ/ sound with the letters ‘ch’ and ‘tch’. Look at …
Multisensory tasks for teaching vocabulary
In this video Borbála Kálmos and Gabriella Dóczi Vámos present two tasks that they find particularly useful in teaching vocabulary to dyslexic students. As you watch think about how you …
Multisensory tasks for teaching grammar
In this video Borbála Kálmos and Orsolya Szatzker, English teachers from Hungary who have wide range of experience working with dyslexic language learners, present two tasks that they find useful …
Teaching vocabulary and grammar
In this video prepared in the framework of the Dystefl project Dr Anne Margaret Smith discusses some principles and useful techniques for teaching vocabulary and grammar to dyslexic students. If …
Dyslexic students talk about learning strategies
This video with students helps you refresh what we learned last week. The students talk about how classroom teachers can make learning another language easier and enjoyable for them. They …
Reflecting on students’ vocabulary and grammar learning difficulties
Below you will find quotes from dyslexic students about what they find easy or difficult in learning vocabulary and grammar in another language. Read these quotes and decide whether they …
Using information technology to teach students with dyslexia
Dr Margaret Crombie talks about multisensory learning and the use of information technology. Please watch this presentation and take notes on how information technology can be used as part of …
Accommodating dyslexic learners in the classroom
In this video Dr Anne Margaret Smith talks about accommodations in language teaching. We have prepared a task sheet for you that you might like to print before watching the …
Dyslexic students talk about their experiences
Watch this video in which the dyslexic students you were acquainted with last week talk about their foreign language learning experiences. As you watch, try to answer the following questions: …
Students with dyslexia talk about some difficulties they face
Watch this video and take notes about the difficulties dyslexic students mention in the following areas in their academic and private lives: reading spelling attention span time management and organisation …